Namibia’s gay paraders call for legal protection

Scores of people waving rainbow flags peacefully paraded through the streets of Namibia’s capital Windhoek on Saturday, calling for better legal protection of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people in the largely conservative country. Around 150 people, decked out in the gay pride colours, danced and marched their way down Windhoek’s main thoroughfare, Independence Avenue,